A Day in the Life of a Sweat Bee

 A Little Green Bee

While on a trip to the Dominion Arboretum Ornamental Gardens had the pleasure of observing these little guys hard at work collecting pollen as seen in the photos it is caked onto their bottoms & legs. It was interesting to see that most of the pollinators were interested in the large Purple Coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea) even the Monarchs' were loving them the most. Green Sweat Bees (Agapostemon texanus) are so very colourful I often call the Metallic Green Bees but they are a small Sweat Bee.